Planet Joey Sunday #12

An Ode to Ben Johnson

A long hallway of lockers at school whisks Joey off to the Olympic Games and imagining himself in the 100-meter dash. Instead of Canadian sprinting heroes Donovan Bailey or Andre DeGrasse, Joey’s experience ends up being reminiscent of Ben Johnson. Johnson set a world record in the 1988 games – besting American Carl Lewis – until being stripped of his gold medal in disgrace after testing positive for steroids. Fortunately for Joey, instead of a nation’s ire focused on him, he simply has to endure a trip to the office.

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